Moon Ska World

Moon Ska World, formerly known as Moon Ska Europe, is a ska record label based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1998 as the European sister label of the defunct American label Moon Ska Records, which was owned by Robert "Bucket" Hingley of The Toasters. Moon Ska World is a licensed affiliate run by Lol Pryor, the former Dojo Records and Link Records head. Due to illnesses in both Pryor and the other principal owner, Sonia "Red" Bailey, as well as deaths in their families, the label was put on hold until 2006, when Pryor changed its name to Moon Ska World and began running the label on his own.

Unlike its American counterpart, Moon Ska Europe released bands from genres outside of ska, but in 2006, the label shifted its focus exclusively towards ska and old reggae. In addition to releasing more than thirty albums licensed from Moon Ska Records, as well as early albums by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Buck-O-Nine, Moon Ska Europe released albums by Spunge (who later signed with Warner Bros. Records), Whitmore, King Prawn (their first two albums) and Less Than Jake (their debut European release). In 2006, Moon Ska World signed UK underground ska act The Big, European reggae act The Upsessions, Hawaii ska/soul act Go Jimmy Go and former Bodysnatchers and Special Aka vocalist Rhoda Dakar. They have also released albums by The Toasters, The Riffs, 2 Tone supergroup Skaville UK, and skinhead reggae act Symarip.

The label has remained dormant since the release of an album and single by the Dub City Rockers in 2011.

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Notes
  1. Label News Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Moonskaeurope.com. June 2007.
  2. Dumpster Pop Discography at Allmusic
  3. Lubby Nugget discography at Allmusic
  4. Mixtwitch discography at Allmusic
  5. Sadies Doll discography at Allmusic
  6. "Skaville UK discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  7. Solabeat Alliance discography at Allmusic
  8. Uncle Brian discography at Allmusic
  9. The Upsessions discography at Allmusic
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See also
  • List of record labels
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